I'm collecting a list of tricks that can be done with very little
skill, that actually do baffle people, and can be done with common
props (or at least gimmicked items that *resemble* common props, e.g.
a Svengali or Mirage deck, or a Scotch-and-soda coin set). Such
tricks truly are rarities, and I rarely find more than two of them in
a magic book -- presumably because you have to fill out the book in
order to sell it and it would be pretty hard to fill a book with
tricks that are that good.
But they do exist. The list of ones I've found so far:
- the David Blaine trick where you pretend to burn your finger on some
hot object (really pressing your finger against the round hole in a
key, to create a fake blister) and then "heal" it by rubbing
- put two paper clips on a dollar bill and have them magically link
together (http://www.wikihow.com/Connect-Two-Paper-Clips-without-
Touching-Them)
- a trick where you place two bills on a tape in a v-shape, roll them
up, and when you unroll them, the one that was on the bottom is now on
the top -- I can't find an online description of this one, but if
you've seen it, you know the one I mean
- the Invisible deck, where you have the spectator guess which card is
turned over
- the Mirage deck, a foolproof way to force a card choice
- the "impassible corks" at
http://magic.about.com/od/libraryofsimpletricks/ig/Easy-Magic-Tricks/cork4-final.htm
- the "Out of this world" trick, where you have the spectator blindly
deal cards into read and black piles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_This_World_%28card_trick%29
- "Do As I Do" -
http://magic.about.com/od/libraryofsimpletricks/ss/012207do.htm
- The reversed card -
http://magic.about.com/od/libraryofsimpletricks/ss/reversecard_5.htm
- scotch and soda with a penny and a dime. (Who cares about doing it
with a Mexican centavo?! Make it look like you did it with coins that
the Starbucks ca****er just handed you.)
- the two $1 bills changing into a $2 bill:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EoD6ipsVUmk
Anybody know of any other good examples?
-Bennett
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